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USA: Congress Just Passed a Watershed Human Rights Provision — Tucked Inside Its Defense Spending Bill | Foreign Policy

 

[...] The provision, known as the Global Magnitsky Act, authorizes the president to impose sanctions on non-U.S. citizens who commit crimes, violence, or any other violations against whistleblowers. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), who championed the act, called its congressional passage a “watershed moment in the global human rights accountability and the fight against corruption” in a joint press release on Thursday.

“With today’s passage of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, the United States has added a critical tool to our diplomatic toolbox, making clear that gross violators of human rights and those who engage in serious acts of corruption cannot escape the consequences of their actions even when their home country fails to act,” Cardin said. [...]

 

 

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